Oil-can and cup holder



A. TIIKKAINEN. OIL CAN ANDYCUP HOLDER.

APPLICATION mm MAY 11, 1920.

Patented May 3, 1921.

Lawmm INVENTOR.

A TTORNE Y.

D. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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OIL-CAN AND CU]? HOLDER.

- To all 'w'lwm itmay concern:

'Be it known that I, ANDREW TIIKKAINEN,

"a citizen of the Republic of Russiafig'esidin at Virginia injth'ecounty of St. uis an State of innesota, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in an'Oil- Can and Cup Holder, of which the followmgis a speclfication.

his invention relates to an oil can and cupholder and has for itsdprincipal object eflicient means support no matter what position themoving vehicle may take. The holder is especially adapted to be used insuch vehicles as railroad trains, boats, aeroplanes, and automobiles forholding cans, drinking cups and the like and furthermore thesecontainers may be of various sizes as the holder is yieldable for theaccommodation of recepta- 5 designates the stationa the rectangularshaped o'dy portion an cles of different sizes.

" Another object of this invention resides 'inthe production of a device'of'this nature which may be manufactured at a low cost and yetbedurable and well able to withstandthe rough usages to which they maybe subjected. t

Another object of the invention is to. produce a device of this naturewhich may be bent so as to be easlly attached to a verticalv With'theseand other objects in view this invention consists of the certain novelcombination, arrangement, and construction of parts as will behereinafter more 11115? described and especially pointed out in theappended claims.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a longitudinal section through 111 invention,

ig. 2 is a 'bottom'" plan view thereof, and Fig. 3 is a rear elevationthereof. By referring to the accompanying drawings by numerals it willbe seen that 1 Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed May17, 1920. Serial No. 881,897. i

portion 1 there is a member havin Patented Ma 3, 1921.

having its edges 2 bent over 'upon'the body portion so as to form aguideway into which ,is adapted to slide the movable member 3, Thestationary member 1 has its bent portlon's 2 provided with the stop 4 atone end while the other end is bent at right angles to the body portionas shown by the numeral 5. Upon t e rear edge of the stationary rovidedthe bracket plate 6 shown especial y in F1 s. 1 and 3 of thedrawing.This bracket p ate 6 is pro ivided with apertures 7 so that the same maybe fixedly attached to a support by means of screws and it will be notedthat this extension 6 or bracket plate may be bent easily at rlghtangles to the stationary member '1 or so as to extend in alinementtherewith whereby the same may be attached to a vertical or a horizontalsupport. It should also be noted that'when the device is attached to abear against the vertical support thus relieving the bracket of suchstrain as would have a tendency to bend the device so that the bracketlate 6 would bein'alinement with the statlonary member 1. This is alsotrue when the device is attached to a horimzontal shelf as thesebent'members 5 will bear against the outer edge of the shelf. Themovable member 3 is provided adjacentits side edges with the'struck-upportion 8 so as to engage the stops 4 when the device is pulled out toits full lengthfor accoinmodating a rather lar e oil can or containerthus preventing t e two members from being accidentally pulled apart. Onthe forward edge of the movable member 3 I have provided the fingerengaging lip 9 so 1 that the operator may grasp the movable member forsliding same outwardly. A compression spring 10 is attached at one endto the lip 9 and its other end is attached to the perforatedear 11struck from the bottom edge of the bracket 6. Struck upwardly from therear portions of, the stationary member 1 I have provided the lugs 12which are bent outwardly at their top portions and have the rubbersockets 13 surrounding their body portions. A similar lug 14=-is struckup from'the outer, ed e of the movable member 3 and is also provldedwith a rubber socket 15. This lug also acts as a stop'to prevent theinward movement of the movable plate.

These lugs 12 and 14 areadapted to engage the bottom of the oil can orother container as is shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing.

It is thought that the operation of my-device will be clearly understoodfrom the above description from which it will be seen that the movableplate is pulled outwardly and the oil can placed on top of thestationary plate 1 as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1 and themovable plate will then be released so that the vcan will be firmly heldbetween the lugs 12 and l l by the action of the compression spring 10.Although I have described the preferred embodiment of my invention itwill be readily seen that numerous minor changes may be made in theconstruction thereof without departing from the spirit of my inventionand I therefore reserve the right to make. such changes in arrangement,combination, and construction of parts as will fall within the scope ofthe appended claims.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new is ILA device ofthe class described comprising a stationary member and a movable member,the side edges of said stationary member being vbent over upon the bodyportion thereof so asto form a guideway for said movable member, stopsformed on the forward end of said bent portion, lugs struck from out ofsaid movable member so as to engagesaid stops when said members are inan extended position, and means for normally holding said members in aclosed posication.

2. A device of the'class described comprising a stationary member and amovable member, a pair of lugs struck upwardly from said stationarymember,'a lug struck up! wardly from said movable member, a bracketplate extending from the rear edge of said stationary plate, a fingerengaging lip. provided upon the forward edge of said movable member,bent extensions provided upon the side edges of said stationary memberso as to form guidewaysfor said movable member, stops formed on saidbent portion, struck out lips provided upon said movable members so asto engage said stop members when the device is in an extended position,and means for normally holding said device in a, closed position.

3. A device of'the class described comprising a stationary member and amovable member, bent extensions provided on the side edges of saidstationary member for forming guideways for said movable memher, abracket plate extending from the rear edge of said stationary member, afinger engaging lip extending from the forward end of said movablemember, stops provided on E. G. JAoKoLA.

